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Khrin z Buryakom (хрін з буряком, beet-horseradish relish)
Created by Chef Lesia
The beet makes it glow like a church window, then the horseradish comes up through your nose and reminds everyone at the Easter table to sit straighter.
The color is almost too pretty for how rude it is. Beet turns the jar ruby, glossy, innocent-looking, and then fresh horseradish climbs straight through your nose like it has business upstairs. This is the Easter table's little thunderclap: a spoonful beside cold roast pork, kovbasa, eggs, paska, anything rich that needs waking up.
The whole dish depends on one thing: grate the horseradish fresh and cover it quickly. The sharpness is volatile, which is a polite kitchen word for "it will run away if you let it." Aunt Nadia wrote only, "close the jar before it bites you back," and for once she was giving an exact measurement. Mix it into the beet while it's still loud, then balance with vinegar, salt, and just enough sugar to round the edges without making it sweet.
Wear gloves if you like your hands unstained, open a window if you like your eyes, and make more than one jar. There is no tradition of a tiny Easter table.
Ingredients
beets
Quantity
500g
scrubbed, tails left on
fresh horseradish root
Quantity
80g
peeled
apple cider vinegar or white wine vinegar
Quantity
3 tablespoons
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| beetsscrubbed, tails left on | 500g |
| fresh horseradish rootpeeled | 80g |
| apple cider vinegar or white wine vinegar | 3 tablespoons |
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